Americana from Thomas Rare Books

Maryland, USA: Cornwell Maritime Press, 1956. 192pp., b/w pls. & ills., With a section on How to Make a Western Saddle. Complete d.j. but a trifle sunned.. 1st US Edition. Hardback. Fine/V.g.. 8vo.

London: Constable and Company Limited, 1923. xii, 336 pp., colored frontispiece, preface, illustrated from photographs by the author, plates, portraits, appendix, index. [appendix of medicinal plants of the Blackfeet Indians]. Printed in the USA by The Riversode Press, Massachusetts. Pub. black cloth, gilt. 4 colour plates.. 1st UK Ediiton. Hardback. Fine/No d.j.. 8vo.

London: M. Coooper, 1748. 316pp [pp 253-316 contains The Journal of George Jams i His Pilgrimage amongst the Inland Natives of the Countires Adjoyning to South Carolina [Field No 1618 Indian Bibliography]. Original full calf with the original red morocco label. Original owners name [George Basson ?] to the inside front endpaper[crossed out]. Title-page dated MDCCXLVII .The spine calf has… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Joseph & William Kite, 1843. 116pp. Attractive original blind embossed ribbed cloth. Gilt titles within blind borders.19cms. second Edition. Hardback. Fine. 12mo.

London: Leo Cooper, 1995. 212pp. Illus. b/w pls., text ills., bibliog., index, The Story of the British-built & crewed Confederate Raider CSS Alabama. The best known ship from the American Civil War, her mission, her cruises and her destruction. 1st UK Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

USA: Yale University Press, 1998. xxi, 176pp. A fine copy in a fine d.j. No inscriptions. Colour portrait of Washington to the blue d.j. No inscriptions, fading , wear, marks or labels.. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Small 4to.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Oxford History of Art) 291pp, A fine unmarked copy with a colour illus. card cover. Illustated throughout. No inscriptions.. 1st edition Paperback. Paperback. Fine. large 8vo.

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1913. 89, (1) pp. with 52 tipped-in photographic plates showing scenes of the old Spanish missions by photographers A.C. Vroman, H.C. Tibbitts, Harold A. Parker, W.S. Dassonville, Harold A. Taylor. A fine copy in the original grey boards and hessian quarter cloth with a pasted photo to the front cover. Neat contemporary description to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1885. ND c1885. viii, 224.[viii book ads. for the series of travel books]. Illustrations , folding map publisher's and original blue cloth with cover decorated with lakes, trees, and a horse drawn wagon with trapper. The coloured large folding map has no tears or marks but fold creases and a trifle fraying to the extremities… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. xii, 318pp.[viii] pub. ads.; 31 cm., with wood-engravings designed by William Hamilton Gibson. Pub. dec. green cloth. 'Tourist Edition'. The White Mountains are in New Hampshire, USA. Divided into three journeys each with a map. Rear board has an inside pocket but no contents [2 folding maps lacking]. A nice copy with no fading… Saber más sobre este artículo

London and Boston: Constable & Co. and Houghton Mills, 1910. 263pp. Printed in the Riverside Press Massachusetts. Illustrated end-papers. Fine copy with lovely condition green buckram covers. Illus. boards depicting a forest with a stream and gilt edges to the crest of the mountains. No inscriptions, fading or wear. free end-papers toned from the boards off-setting otherwise clean. Same imprint… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Siegle, Hill and Company, 1910. xii, [ii] 347pp. Frontis and 34 full-page photographic plates. Publishers green cloth, white titles with a gilt illus to the front board. Travels in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Lilian Whiting(1847-1942). Near fine. Faint chalk number to the spine otheriwse a clean and tight copy. Near fine.. 1st UK Edition. Hardback.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Joseph Downing in Bartholomew Close Near West-Smithfield, 1706. 97pp. Engraved frontispiece with caption below 'Printed by Order of The Society John Chamberlayne,Secretary'. This engraving was used originally in a book in 1704 hence the removal of the inscription in the block beneath the society's coat of arms. The text includes an account of the settlements in New York, New… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.....Two volume set complete. 298pp; 303pp. 320 illustrations on 180 plates in colour, engraved from the original paintings. 3 maps inc. one folding. 26cms. Illustrated covers and spines in matching gilt… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1899. Part Second......xvii, 586pp. Green buckram, gilt. Near fine. No inscriptions. A trifle toned to the spine. No wear. From the 12 volume set.. Library edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.

Glasgow: R.Griffin & Co., 1848. xiv contents,14-308pp. Pub. green embossed patterned cloth, gilt. A nice early copy of an American travelogue. No inscriptions, fading or wear. Occasional small mark. A scarce item.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine. 12mo.

London: R. & J. Dodsley, Pall Mall, 1763. Half-title, tile-page, Preface [ii], 307, [v contents]. Contemporary full calf with gitl year date to the spine. Armorial bookplate of the Spencer family ' Dieu Defend Le Droit'.The 1763 volume. At the rear bound in are four folding plates of maps engraved by Thomas Kitchen dated 1763 including 'A New… Saber más sobre este artículo

Shrewsbury: Charles Hulbert, 1823. Or One Thousand Descriptions of Remarkable Antiquities. Curiosities, Beauties & Varieties of Nature and Art in Asia, Africa, America & EuropeVOL. III AMERICA......iv, 5-346pp. 4 plates inc. frontis. and title page vignette. Complete. Printed and published by the author Shrewsbury, England. Pub. half-calf binding lacking the spine labels but a sound copy. Rubbed binding and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Viking, 1998. 504pp. Illus. d.j. NO clipping, wear, marks or inscriptions. Maps and photographs throughout.. 1st UK edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.

London: John MacQueen, 1897. 343pp., frontis., b/w ills., appends, maps, index. Illustrations inc. frontis. Original burgandy ribbed cloth, gilt. Nice clean copy with a fine cloth binding. End-papers rather poor quality and hence browned.. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.